The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-23

but step by step for its entire $50
feet, or the Bunker Hill monument,
OF even the various flights Of stairs
from the ground to the cupola OF our
Union school? Easy isn't III Now
Just set about it for half day, or be-
gin at o:3o a. M, climb up and down
with occasional short intermissions
until p. m. and you will know just
how feel at this moment. II there
is particular muscle in my body
that is not sore and lame and acts
only under protest, can't locate ii.
Yes, I can too. I believe could
devour and digest the toughest sole
leather steak ever set before a weary
traveller in this land OF sharp land
lords and vile cooks.
Our party left Cincinnati yesier-
day morning, thirty OF us-pill-mak.
ers and professors-bound for the
great cave. We rode for ten hours
through country that would not be
nninteresting to man who has spent
all his days in fat country. We
run through beautiful valleys, a mud
dy Kentucky river below us and the
blue hills covered with corn and
tobacco iu,ermingled with patches Of
fores, rising from three to FIVE hun
dred feet on the other side. We dash
through tunnels that are too short to
be interesting and rush over stretches
OF p.airie dotted with beautiful old
Kentucky homesteads. We change
cars at Glasgow Junction and prepare
for the las, seven miles OF The jour
ney. Two years ago when "Dan"
and l made the trip we staged 1t over
but since then this road has been
built. They are modest though;
only charge two dollars and fifty cents
Tor the round trip Of fourteen miles.
But after all guess its worth the
money. A rams horn is straight as
compared 10 it. | do not think /. is
straight for any twenty rods OF its
entire length. TIE curves are SO
abrup, that IN train OF five coaches
The engineer could easily pick the
conductors pockets if be stood on
The rear platform. We pass moon.
sinner distillery. but do not stop and
do not see the regulation moon
sinners daughter emerging from the
bushes with cup of-water OF course.
We pass Kentucky home, however,
possibly the moonshiner's. The en-
lire family are gathered about the
front door to see the cars go by; the
father. mother and thirteen children,
the eldest Of which is not over twelve.
| asked mathematical friend how
they could manage TO accommodate
that large and growing family in a
1ax16 one story house containing two
rooms. He gave it up.
We reached the station at i've
o'clock; tired, weary and dusty,
shoulder orr grips and march to the
ANoteh What do you suppose IS the
5 ,first object of interest we see? Why,
nothing less than the self same
charming damsel who presided ever
the register two years ago and made
such an impression on Dan(D. She
don't preside over it now. Her hus.
band, the proprietor, is home and at
tends to business in person, SO we
pass her by with the cool indifference
Of stranger and get ready for our
first trip through the cave (the short
route) and supper. We start at
seven, take three hour tramp just to
Get used 10 the work, walking six or
seven miles, come back at 10 O'Clock
tired and weary and 60 to bed-that
expresses it exactly. We would like
to 60 to sleep, but some how when
there is nothing between you and the
slats--i. e., nothing to speak OF, the
only ventilation a small window, the
thermometer at seventy-five at mid
night and the bed.bugs as lively and
as thick as potato bugs in June, sleep
does not come as readily and sooth-
ingly as could be wished; the first
gray light of day is in the east before
we drop into doze. and seemingly
the next minute the bell rings fol
breakfast. We struggle down to the
dining room a weary, hollow-eyec
looking set and try to get even with
our landlord. We stow away fail
breakfast, and at nine O'Clock gather
on the broad piazza ready to start or
an all-day's journey underground.
We follow the guide through tht
hotel garden, down steep ravint
and find ourselves standing in the
cool draught from the cave entrance
In single file we march down The
stone steps that wind around the en-
trance and stand before the wicke
gate thar bars admittance to the cave
our lanterns faripg in the strong
breeze that comes rushing through
We pass on into the cave and hea
the gate slam shut and the lock clicl
and know that we are to all intent
1sDd purposes prisoners till the time
tt our departure arrives. The frs
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